Linderhof

Gardening, Cooking and Decorating on the Prairie of Kansas

Welcome to Linderhof, our 1920's home on the prairie, where there's usually something in the oven, flowers in the garden for tabletops and herbs in the garden for cooking. Where, when company comes, the teapot is always on and there are cookies and cakes to share in the larder.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

The Teapots of Linderhof

I don't "collect" teapots

I've never considered myself a collector

But I do like teapots

And more than one has found it's home at Linderhof

over the years

And it's years, too -- for I've had some of these for 20 years or more

The Wee Blue Ones

Burleigh's Asiatic Pheasant

It holds two cups -- not mugs -- but cups

Perfect for tea for one

Johnson Brothers Indies

It's small and holds perhaps three cups

Bought on a trip to England

Because I loved the tea service in the bed breakfasts we stayed in

And I felt that Linderhof

should have a tea "station" in the bedroom

I bought the pot, a wee creamer and sugar, and two cups and saucers

And hand carried them home

I did set up the station --

But not for long

For you had to take the dirty dishes downstairs, wash them and tote them back up!

It was far easier to go downstairs for my first cup of tea.

But it is my favorite "tea for one" pot and I use it a lot for tea

at half past three when it is just me.

The Spode Blue Ones

The Blue Room pattern.

A Christmas gift from Husband Jim because I didn't have a "big" blue teapot!

Blue Italian

Bought in Canada

Because it was so much cheaper there.

I loved the shape and even though I had a Blue Room,

I felt that I need a Blue Italian teapot as well.

The Silver

The teapot that goes with my silver tea service.

It's the Plymouth pattern and is a rather plain Colonial pattern

My grandmother's teapot.

It's really a coffeepot, but it works well for tea

If she had any other pieces of silver, I don't remember them.

Perhaps, it belonged to her mother or grandmother?

But whatever it's heritage, I'm glad it resides at Linderhof

and is a reminder of my dear grandmother.

And old silver one

From an Estate Sale

It turned out to be older than I thought

I love it's round almost onion shape

I traded a meal out for the pot -- I didn't go and so "saved" the money

I would have spent on dinner -- that money went to buy the pot!

The Miscellany

Old Paris

Mid 1800s

I collect gold and white china

And didn't have a teapot

Which came with creamer and sugar

and cups and saucers

and a few "oddments"

It's special and not used all that much

Used mostly for special teas!

Aynsley Pembroke

It's bone china

So a company teapot

It goes with my "collection" of Asian bird and chrysanthemum

china.

It was bought specifically to go with those cups and saucers.

Wedgwood Asiatic Pheasant

It's transferware -- not china

And although it's blue it's more of a turquoise blue rather than the blue one thinks of when one thinks of English transfer ware.

Dear Martha, thank you for the lovely tour of your tea pots on this cold, snowy morning. I love them all, but the Blue Italian might be my favorite! I had to stop my tea two months ago for health reasons. It has been so hard! My tea pots are silent reminders, looking lonely. Maybe someday soon I can add a little tea back but for now it is cold turkey on the tea!

Martha,What an amazing and unique collection of Tea Pots, dear friend!!! While all are lovely, I was quite smitten with the silver tea pot with the onion shape!!! Thank you for sharing your refined collection with us!Fondly,Pat